Eugene: 45+ Years of Protest Theater, Zero Accomplishments

If you’ve lived here long enough, you already know the script: protesters block traffic, smash some windows, chant about the downfall of capitalism…and nothing changes. Half a century of tantrums and broken glass has brought Eugene exactly zero victories. But hey, the rioters did get some great mugshots out of it.

The 1960s & 70s: Bomb First, Fail Fast

BREAKING: Animal Blood on ROTC Table Somehow Fails to End Vietnam

Campus radicals threw firebombs, dynamite, and even buckets of animal blood at ROTC recruiters. Their “revolution” ended with ROTC still on campus, the war still going, and the university paying for new windows. If there was a prize for expensive vandalism with zero effect, Eugene would have taken gold.

The 1990s: Eugene Declares Itself “Anarchist Capital of the U.S.”

LOCAL HEROES Smash Starbucks Window, Capitalism Immediately Collapses (Just Kidding)

Downtown riots, black bloc outfits, and lots of tear gas. Seattle even blamed Eugene anarchists for ruining the WTO protests in 1999. Result? Capitalism thrived, protesters got arrested, and Starbucks kept selling lattes—probably to the same kids who spray-painted “smash capitalism” on the walls.

The 2000s: Eco-Warriors With Matches

SUVs Still on the Road Despite ELF’s Best Arson Efforts

The Earth Liberation Front torched ranger stations, police stations, and SUVs. The FBI answered with Operation Backfire, handing down indictments like Oprah giving away cars. SUVs kept selling, oil kept pumping, and Eugene added “eco-terror capital” to its résumé of failure.

2011: Occupy Eugene — Camping for Nothing

Wall Street Trembles at Eugene Tent City… Nope, Never Happened

Occupy Eugene set up one of the longest-lasting camps in the nation. Drum circles, chants, tents—it had it all, except results. When it fizzled out, Wall Street was untouched, banks kept banking, and Washington Jefferson Park looked like Woodstock with fewer showers.

2020: The Summer of Bonfires and Broken Glass

Eugene Rioters Heroically Topple Traffic Cone, Declare Victory

The “uprising” included smashed windows, fires in the street, and statue-toppling. In the end, justice wasn’t served, but plenty of arrests were. Law enforcement restored order, protesters went home, and taxpayers got stuck with the cleanup bill—again.

2023–2025: Gaza Tents, Highway Blockades, and Nothing Else

Students Rename Building, War in Gaza Immediately Continues

The latest round of Eugene activism featured chained-together students, renamed campus buildings, and highway blockades. Their big win? The largest mass arrest in Eugene history: 52 people charged with disorderly conduct. Gaza didn’t change. University investments didn’t change. The streak of failure, however, remained unbroken.

The Final Scoreboard

Bombings didn’t end wars.
Riots didn’t end capitalism.
Arsons didn’t save the planet.
Occupy didn’t topple Wall Street.
BLM didn’t dismantle police.
Gaza encampments didn’t end war.

45 Years of Protest, Still Zero Accomplishments

Eugene’s protesters have perfected one thing: turning outrage into performance art with absolutely nothing to show for it. Fifty years from now, their grandkids will be blocking the same streets, spray-painting the same slogans, and accomplishing the same result: nothing.

Eugene’s Blue-Haired Brigade Fails at Revolution (Again)

EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene’s finest hobby—rioting without results—made another appearance downtown this week. After a marathon 12-hour tantrum outside the old federal building, the protest ended exactly how everyone knew it would: arrests, spray paint, and a whole lot of nothing.

Federal law enforcement and DHS officers stepped in when the so-called “peaceful protesters” started lobbing rocks and metal objects at them. Because apparently the revolution now involves throwing garbage at professionals trained to handle actual danger. Unsurprisingly, the officers handled business with precision—three arrests for assaulting law enforcement and vandalism. Score one for order, zero for chaos.

Local protest personality “Pixie” gave her version of events, claiming the feds “attacked” people standing in front. Translation: the officers did their job and arrested the ones who crossed the line.

Eugene Police also stepped up to the plate, making two separate arrests.

Ryan Steven Payne, a 28-year-old visitor from Portland (because Eugene always needs outside agitators to fill the ranks), was taken into custody after using pepper spray on another man. He’s now facing charges for unlawful use of mace and harassment.
Cade Soren Watson, 19, of Eugene, was caught spray painting graffiti on the Ferry Street Bridge before being stopped in his car. Nothing says “down with the system” like scribbling your nickname in paint.

Their parents must be so proud.

Police Chief Chris Skinner made it clear: out-of-town agitators aren’t welcome, and Eugene officers will act when criminal behavior happens. Federal law enforcement echoed the same message, reminding everyone that throwing junk at cops doesn’t count as free speech—it counts as an arrest.

As always, the “supporters” are now camped outside Lane County Jail, waiting for their buddy to get released, still pretending this is 1968. Unfortunately for them, the country keeps moving, the system still stands, and the only thing they’ve successfully toppled is another late-night Taco Bell run.

Once again: police 5, rioters 0.

Thurston High’s Silence Speaks Louder Than Words

Thurston High’s Silence Speaks Louder Than Words- It's Time To Pull Your Kids Out of Thurston High

When Thurston High School theater staff member Bobby Nove posted “Good” in response to the news of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the community expected immediate action. Instead, parents and students were met with vague emails, generic condemnations of violence, and promises that the matter was “being addressed.” Days later, Nove’s name was still listed on the school’s website. That silence—and delay—tells parents everything they need to know.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about whether schools are safe places for students, free from the kind of rhetoric that openly celebrates death. Parents flooded the administration with calls and emails, only to receive a carefully worded response that sidestepped the obvious question: why wasn’t decisive action taken the moment this came to light?

Students themselves saw the danger. They staged a walk-out, standing in the cold to say what the adults in charge wouldn’t: endorsing murder, even in a single word, is unacceptable. As one student asked, if a teacher is comfortable cheering one killing, what else are they comfortable excusing?

The district’s statements—that they’re “committed to providing a safe and respectful environment” and “expect educators to model care”—ring hollow when not backed by action. Communities like Thurston know the cost of violence firsthand. To allow an employee to remain on staff after publicly celebrating it sends the opposite message of safety and care.

Other states are already holding teachers accountable for “vile behavior” connected to Kirk’s assassination. Yet in Oregon, the response from Thurston has been slow, quiet, and noncommittal. That delay is not neutrality—it’s complicity.
Parents and students deserve better. Trust in schools is built not through polished statements, but through immediate and transparent accountability. If Thurston wants to regain that trust, it must prove that protecting students matters more than protecting staff who openly cheer political violence. Until then, its silence will continue to speak louder than its words.

Thurston Families- this is our call to you- PULL YOUR KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL. The only thing that matters to Thurston is money and pushing their indoctrination; the only thing they. Be brave and know your children will be just fine- and better off.

Eugene Weekly Helped Pull the Trigger

Why We Must Boycott Eugene Weekly- Eugene Weekly Helped Pull the Trigger

The cover of Eugene Weekly is no coincidence—it’s part of the culture that fueled Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Before the shooting ever happened, they published a cover that glorified violence: a person posing with an AR-15 under the headline “Are You Triggered?” and a story about being “armed and ready to bash back.”

This is not harmless art or satire. This is incitement. When a local paper normalizes the image of guns in the hands of activists who openly call for violence against conservatives, it creates the climate where someone thinks pulling the trigger is justified. Eugene Weekly didn’t just report on culture—they pushed it, promoted it, and poured gasoline on the fire.

They share responsibility for what happened. Because:

They glorified the idea of using guns against political opponents.
They targeted conservatives and Christians as enemies to be silenced.
They sent a signal that violence is not only acceptable but fashionable.
The blood is not only on the hands of the killer—it’s on the hands of every outlet that has been normalizing this hatred, and Eugene Weekly is front and center.

If a conservative paper had run a cover suggesting armed resistance against the left, the outcry would be national, advertisers would flee, and boycotts would already be underway. Yet when it’s aimed at us, silence.

That silence ends now. We must boycott Eugene Weekly. Do not read it. Do not advertise in it. Do not support the businesses that fund it. Every dollar given to them is a dollar that helps normalize violence against our community.

Charlie Kirk’s death should be a wake-up call. We cannot allow publications like this to openly incite violence and escape responsibility.

Eugene Voices Statement on the Charlie Kirk Assassination

This Is What Decades of Anti-Christian Hostility Produce

We are not surprised.

The world may be shocked and horrified, but those of us who have lived in Eugene and Lane County for any length of time know the truth: the left here has always been dangerous.

For decades we’ve seen it. Since the 80s and 90s, this city has been hostile toward truth, hostile toward God, and hostile toward us.

Protests and riots filled our streets.
The city banned Christmas celebrations in public buildings—firefighters couldn’t even put up a tree.
Christian imagery erased from every public space.
Anarchists bombing car lots in the late 90s.
University of Oregon professors punishing students for writing about Christ.
Drag queen celebrations sanctioned by the city.
Antifa violence.
Hate and vandalism hurled at Elk Horn Brewery.
High school assignments demanding kids write sexual fantasies.
We’ve lost friends because of our beliefs. We’ve been mocked, harassed, threatened, and hated—all right here in Eugene.

Being a conservative Christian in this city has never been safe. And we’ve known it for decades.

So when Charlie Kirk was assassinated? That wasn’t random. That was the culmination of the same seething hatred we’ve seen from the left for 30+ years.

We are grieving—but not surprised. We have been bracing for this moment all along.

The question now is simple: Eugene, what will you do?

The line has been drawn. There is no more sitting on the fence, no more pretending neutrality. You must choose.

Stand up. Speak truth. Refuse to cower.

If we all carried even half the courage and boldness Charlie Kirk showed, this city would be transformed. Our children would be safer. Our communities would be stronger. God would be glorified.

Now is the time. Take your stand. Speak with boldness. Make Christ proud.

REPORT PEOPLE CELEBRATING HIS ASSASSINATION HERE

Serial Con Artist Romy Durbin Hayden Exposed

In a disturbing wave of criminal activity, Eugene residents are being warned about Romy Durbin Hayden, a known con artist with a prolific history of fraud. With a string of charges and convictions trailing behind her, Hayden's actions have left numerous victims in their wake, and we fear more could fall prey to her deceitful schemes.

11 Felonies, 8 Convictions

Romy Durbin Hayden has been charged with 11 felonies and convicted of 8, including

4 counts of identity theft
2 counts of first-degree forgery
and 2 counts of theft of services.

Her criminal endeavors have wreaked havoc on the lives of unsuspecting individuals and businesses throughout the community.

Exploiting Trust and Familiarity

Hayden's victims are typically childhood friends from high school or earlier. Leveraging her family's well-known status in the community, she gains trust easily. Romy Durbin Hayden reaches out via Facebook Messenger or text, often treating her targets to dinner or gifts to earn their trust. Once the trust is established, she concocts elaborate stories of having cancer, starting a business, being abused, or even having family connections that can provide discounts on merchandise. Hayden then asks for cash to buy the discounted goods, which she never purchases.

Community Response and Precautions

The response to Hayden's criminal activity has been swift and widespread. After news of her fraudulent schemes went public through Facebook, Eugene Voices has been inundated with messages from individuals sharing their tales of being victimized by Hayden. The volume of responses suggests that there are likely many more victims who have yet to come forward.

Eugene Voices encourages anyone affected by Hayden's deceitful practices to complete a Google form detailing their experience. This information will be published- so victims can choose to stay anonymous. Additionally, residents are urged to contact local law enforcement directly to report any suspicious activity related to Hayden. Hayden is on probation, and any violation of this probation will send her jail.

Eugene residents are encouraged to stay informed and share this information with friends and family to prevent others from becoming victims of Hayden's schemes. By remaining vigilant and working together, the community can help curb the impact of this serial con artist and protect the well-being of its members.

To share your experience or provide information about Hayden's activities, please fill out the Google form or reach out to Eugene Voices directly.

Hayden's case number is: State of Oregon vs Romy Durbin Hayden case no. 23CR41714

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